Canon 7D vs 60D

Which is your preferred method of composing photos? Is it through the viewfinder, or is it using the LCD screen? If you prefer the old-fashioned method of looking through the viewfinder to compose your shots, the 7D is better because its viewfinder has a 100% field of view, whereas the 60D’s viewfinder has a 96% field of view.

However, if you’re like most people these days, you prefer the ease of composing shots using the LCD screen. For this style of composing, the 60D is better because it has a vari-angle LCD monitor. This means it can be flipped out from the back and positioned at almost any angle – great for those times when you want to take a photo in an awkward position. The 7D doesn’t have this feature.

Autofocus – the 7D is Better

Both cameras have the same metering technology, but it is the 7D that has a better autofocus system. It has 19 autofocus sensors, whereas the 60D only has 9.

Also, the 7D’s autofocus system has Light Source Detection, which makes focusing even more accurate by taking into account light from artificial sources.

Also, if you’re into close-up photography, the 7D’s Intelligent Macro Focusing is able to track the movements of the camera and the object, making sure you never lose focus.

Continuous Shooting: Better on the 7D

The 60D does a perfectly fine job of continuous shooting, managing 5.3 frames per second up to 58 large JPEGs or 16 RAW files. This is going to be perfectly fine for the vast majority of photographers.

However, if you want an extra bit of speed, the 7D takes things that bit furthers, managing up to 8 frames per second up to 126 large JPEGs, although still only up to 15 RAW files. For photographers who like to shoot fast moving scenes such as sports or animals, this extra speed could make all the difference and mean they are more likely to get the perfect shot.

RAW Conversion in Camera: Only on the 60D

While both the 7D and the 60D are able to shoot to RAW files, the 60D has the ability to process these and turn them into JPEGs within the camera. This is very useful, because RAW files do save a lot more image information, which means you can adjust brightness, contrast and colours to a far greater extent than you could with a simple JPEG.

Of course, as we already stated, both cameras are able to record to RAW for processing on a computer, but only the 60D is able to process them within the camera. This means you can be a bit less strict with your exposure settings when you are shooting, which is very useful if you are shooting in rapidly changing situations and don’t have the time to keep changing the exposure settings before each shot.

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Canon 7D vs 60D: Which Should You Choose?

The answer to that question depends on two main factors:

1. What type of photography you do.
2. How much money you have to spend.

If you are planning to shoot fast moving objects, such as sports or animals, and you have the spare money, the 7D is the better choice due to the 19-point autofocus and the 8 frames per second continuous shooting.

However, most people will be completely satisfied with the 60D’s 5.3 frames per second and 9-point autofocus. Also, with the vari-angle LCD monitor and the in-camera RAW file processing, for $700 less the 60D looks like the all-round better choice.